Senior Lecturer in Learning Development
Dr Jason Eyre is a Senior Lecturer in Learning Development in the Centre for Learning and Study Support at De Montfort University in Leicester. He holds a PhD in Philosophy of Education (UCL, 2020) and is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. His research focuses on support for learning in higher education. Jason is the Learning Services faculty lead for Arts, Design and Humanities (ADH) and teaches in programmes across DMU. He is the chair of the university’s Mentoring Steering Group, and supports peer learning and peer mentoring initiatives. He also works in the development of learning communities and leads the DMU Writing Circle and Postgraduate Group Online. He has an interest in academic integrity and good academic practices.
Bev works with students from across the university through workshops, drop-ins and tutorials. Bev is liaison for the Faculty of Computing, Engineering and Media (CEM) and works closely with faculty colleagues to support academic skills development within the curriculum. As such, she regularly delivers sessions around report writing and structure, final year projects and communicating research. She has responsibility for overseeing Mentoring across the university and leads the attainment mentoring scheme Dare to Be mentoring. Having previously worked in Further Education, Bev is confident supporting students’ transition into Higher Education, particularly from non-traditional routes, such as Access to Higher Education. Bev studied and worked in Journalism and Creative Writing before becoming a lecturer and remains passionate about all forms of creative writing in particular playwrighting.
Senior Lecturer in Learning Development
I work with the faculty of Arts Design and Humanities. I also have a responsibility for working with disabled students. I teach academic writing and qualitative research methods. I did my PhD in Social Policy from the University of York on the transitions to adulthood for young people who had special educational needs when they were at school.
Senior Lecturer in Learning Development
I provide academic writing and study skills support to all DMU students through in-curriculum sessions, self-selecting workshops and one-to-one support. Key aspects of my role include leading the Learning Services group for the Faculty of Business and Law, coordinating the Open Programme of Workshops for students and leading the Writing Group for Research Students.
I joined DMU in 2017, having previously held roles in the areas of Academic Writing, English Literature and EAP at Coventry University, the University of Warwick and the University of Bucharest (Romania). After graduating in English and Romanian, Language and Literature, my long-term love of English literature led to a PhD in English and Comparative Literary Studies from the University of Warwick (2011), as well as a number of research publications in the field. Following a period of engaging with both literature and academic writing, my career has moved more firmly into the area of writing support. My current research interests focus on the areas of student engagement with writing development and online pedagogies.
The CLaSS team work with undergraduate, postgraduate and research students, who are studying full-time, part-time and by distance learning.
We know that all students will need help and advice at some point in their studies. These are typical examples:
